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We have developed and optimized two categories of spin transfer torque magnetic tunnel junctions (STT-MTJs) that exhibit a high tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio, low critical current, high outputpower in the micro watt range, and…

The spin filtering effect, distinct decaying lengths experienced by oppositely spin-polarized electrons in a magnetic barrier, generally occurs in ferromagnetic (FM) insulators or semiconductors. With the rise of altermagnetic (ALM)…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-08 Boyuan Chi , Leina Jiang , Yu Zhu , Guoqiang Yu , Caihua Wan , Xiufeng Han

Magnetic phase transition tunnel magnetoresistance (MPT-TMR) effect with a single magnetic electrode has been investigated by first-principles calculations. The calculations show that the MPT-TMR of FeRh/MgO/Cu tunnel junction can be as…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-02 Jia Zhang , X. Z. Chen , C. Song , J. F. Feng , H. X. Wei , Jing-Tao Lü

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) have already been proved to be promising candidates for application in spintronics devices. The coupling between tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) and tunnel electroresistance (TER) in MFTJs can provide…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-25 Q. Liu , J. Miao , Z. D. Xu , P. F. Liu , Q. H. Zhang , L. Gu , K. K. Meng , X. G. Xu , J. K. Chen , Y. Wu , Y. Jiang

Van der Waals multiferroic tunnel junctions (vdW-MFTJs) with multiple nonvolatile resistive states are highly suitable for new physics and next-generation storage electronics. However, currently reported vdW-MFTJs are based on two types of…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-08 Zhi Yan , Ruixia Yang , Cheng Fang , Wentian Lu , Xiaohong Xu

Magneto-transport properties in hybrid magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) integrating self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as tunnel barriers are critically influenced by spinterface effects, which arise from the electronic properties at…

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs), integrating ferroelectric and ferromagnetic functionalities within a single nanoscale device, hold significant promise for non-volatile, multi-state memory and innovative computing paradigms. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Wei Yang , Yibo Xu , Shen Li , Jiangchao Han , Jiayou Chen , Juan-Carlos Rojas-Sánchez , Stéphane Mangin , Xiaoyang Lin , Weisheng Zhao

This paper reports our Monte Carlo (MC) studies aiming to explain the experimentally observed paramagnetic molecule induced antiferromagnetic coupling between the ferromagnetic (FM) electrodes. Recently developed magnetic tunnel junction…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-10 Pawan Tyagi Collin Baker , Christopher Dangelo

Magnetic tunnel junctions are nanoscale devices which have recently attracted interested in the context of frequency multiplexed spintronic neural networks, due to their interesting dynamical properties, which are defined during the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-08-29 Maksim Stebliy , Alex S. Jenkins , Luana Benetti , Elvira Paz , Ricardo Ferreira

Using first-principles calculations, we explore the role of an anti-ferromagnetic heavy-metal, L1$_0$-IrMn, as a capping layer in a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (\emph{p}-MTJ). A comparative study is conducted by employing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-14 Shradha Chandrashekhar Koli , Hangyu Zhou , Jiaqi Zhou , Bertrand Dupé , Weisheng Zhao

The tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) effect is one of the representative phenomena in spintronics. Ferromagnets, which have a net spin polarization, have been utilized for the TMR effect. Recently, by contrast, the TMR effect with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Katsuhiro Tanaka , Takuya Nomoto , Ryotaro Arita

The straintronic magnetic tunnel junction (s-MTJ) is an MTJ whose resistance state can be changed continuously or gradually from high to low with a gate voltage that generates strain the magnetostrictive soft layer. This unusual feature,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

The transport properties of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are very sensitive to interface modifications. In this work we investigate both experimentally and theoretically the effect of asymmetric barrier modifications on the bias…

Flexible electronics is an emerging field in many applications ranging from in vivo biomedical devices to wearable smart systems. The capability of conforming to curved surfaces opens the door to add electronic components to miniaturized…

Magnetic tunnel junction-based molecular spintronics devices (MTJMSDs) are designed by covalently connecting the paramagnetic molecules across two ferromagnets (FM) electrodes of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). MTJMSD provides…

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) based on two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures with sharp and clean interfaces at the atomic scale are crucial for applications in nanoscale multi-resistive logic memory devices. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-24 Xinlong Dong , Xuemin Shen , Xiaowen Sun , Yuhao Bai , Zhi Yan , Xiaohong Xu

The magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) is a backbone device for spintronics. Realizing next generation energy efficient MTJs will require operating mechanisms beyond the standard means of applying magnetic fields or large electrical currents.…

Electrical-controllable antiferromagnet tunnel junction is a key goal in spintronics, holding immense promise for ultra-dense and ultra-stable antiferromagnetic memory with high processing speed for modern information technology. Here, we…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-04-02 Lei Han , Xuming Luo , Yingqian Xu , Hua Bai , Wenxuan Zhu , Yuxiang Zhu , Guoqiang Yu , Cheng Song , Feng Pan

Spin-polarized antiferromagnets (AFMs), including altermagnets, noncollinear AFMs, and two-dimensional layer-polarized AFMs, have emerged as transformative materials for next-generation spintronic and optoelectronic technologies. These…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-23 Zhenzhou Guo , Xiaotian Wang , Wenhong Wang , Gang Zhang , Xiaodong Zhou , Zhenxiang Cheng

Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) harness the unique combination of ferroelectricity and quantum tunneling, and thus herald new opportunities in next-generation nonvolatile memory technologies. Recent advancements in the fabrication of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-25 King-Fa Luo , Zhijun Ma , Daniel Sando , Qi Zhang , Nagarajan Valanoor